Lamp holder for caps



June 15, 1926; 1,588,472

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ATTORNEY June 15 1926. 1,588,472 cs. 5. CLARK LAMP HOLDER FOR qAPsFiledApril 26, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 F George 5. 670%.

WITNESS: ATTORNEY June Patented June 15, 1926.

GEORGE s. CLARK, or roersiwourn, onto.

LAMP iioLDER For: o'APs.

Application mea'a' rn a, i924. Serial m fosges's.

The object of this invention'is to provide a lamp support for minerscaps by the use of which the lamp will be firmly supported onthe cap. IV

A further object is to simplify and improve the construction 'disclpsedin my 'copending application, Serial ll o.'6 17,139, filed In thedrawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of my de'vice applied to a cap andholding a lamp. v

Figure 2 "is a front elevation with the lamp removed.

Figure 3 is a sectional "view on the line 33 of Figure 2. t

Figure 1 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 4-4-. ofFigure 3.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1, but illustrating a slightmodification.

Figure 6 is front elevation thereof, the lamp being removed.

Figure 7 is a sectional View approximately on the line 77 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary sectional -view' on the line 8 8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of aslight modification. v

Figure 10 is a bottom plan view thereof. Referringnow' tothe drawings indetail,

C indicates the cap, and Vthe'visor thereof.

The cap is of the ordinary construction worn by minors, and the mmerslamp, indicated by the character L, is also of the usual construction,the same being provided on its rear with a hook H and with ahorizontally eiztending double ended clip I.

'Riveted to the'visor V,-at the front and center thereof,tliere istheangle end of an elongated fiber sheet 1. Secured, preferably by rivets,to theu pperand outer face of the strip 1 there is the straight outerplate 2 of a metal bracket. The plate has its upper end bent outwardlyand the extremity thereof is rounded upon itself, as at 8 and fromthence continued rearwardly, at right angles to the plate 2 to providethe flange portion 4: of the bracket. The flange 4 is arranged over andis riveted or otherwise secured to the top of the cap G.

If desired, he rounded outer edge of the bead 3 of the bracket mayreceive therein a spring influenced rod, similar to the rod disclosed inmy referred to application, Serial No. M1139. The bead 3 is centrallyformed with a notch 5. The walls provided by the ar'i-g-ularly disposedplate .9.-

notc'li a. brought. to engage. with the edges of; the. fiber by thenot-ch are preferably flared inwardly, the inner walls being rounded. Ina line with the notch the upper plate or flange 4 of the bracketisprovided with an elongated opening 6 which terminates approximately ina line with the outer face of the cap C.

On the vertical plate 1 of thelbracketthere is secured a; small metalplate which is rounded, downwardly and directed toward the cap. Thisplate, indicated-by the .numeral 7, has its ireeend'centrally formedwith a notch '8. The arched .plate 7 provides one of :the elementsrof.a;ca-tch for the hook H of thevlamp ;L. The second element is also inthe nature of a metal .plate .9, the

same" having an angle end .10 which .is riveted or otherwise secured-t0.theunder'face of the flange 1. The plate 9 vis disposed at an inwardinclination with respect to the fiber sheet 1, and while out of contactwith the plate 7, partly bridges the .notch 8 therein.

The inner-wall provided by the notchS in the clamping plate isdisposedslightly out of line with the inner .wall provided by thebracket.

opening '6 in the plate .or flange def the" The hookH oft'he clamp isreceived "in the notch 5 and the be'akorpointed endthereof ispassedthroughtheiopening 6. Thoend of the beakis passed through the'notch 8- in. the clampingelement 7 and is engaged The plate E), beingof n'i'etah'has .aninherentresil'ieirey and willeiiert atension'yagainstthe hook tomore'efi'ectivelyiforce the beak there i of :into frictionalContact with. the. inner wall of the notch 8, and likewisehold thecentral rounded portion 'ofwthehook firmly in the The double-ended,ela'mp I is sheet 1, and in this manner the lamp is eflectivelysupported on the cap. The lamp may be easily removed when desired, aswill be apparent.

The above construction refers to Figures 1 to 4 inclusive. In theremaining figures of the drawings, the construction is substantiallysimilar, except that the outer plate 11 of the clamp, at its juncturewith the upper horizontal plate 12 is formed with a flat, instead of ahollow rounded bead. This bead, indicated by-the numeral 14:, iscentrally notched, as .at 15, and the horizontal plate of the bracketsis formed with an opening 16 in a line with the notch 15. Secured uponthe inner face of the vertical plate of the bracket there is a clampingmember 17, similar to the clamping member 7 This member, like the member7, is arched or rounded downwardly toward the front of the cap and hasits end notched, as at 18. The notch is disposed slightly beyond theopening 16. Thus it will be noted that when the hook is received in thenotch and passed through the opening and also received in the notch 18of the metal and consequently spring clamp 17, the said clamp willinfluence the beak of the hook in a direction toward the cap, effectinga binding action between the said clamp and the inner wall of theopening 16, and consequently mov ing the hook into tight engagement withthe inner wall of the notch, so that the lamp will be firmly supportedon the cap to prevent the liability of its being shaken or dropped offof the said cap.

. With mypresent in'iprovement, the double end clamp I may be employedbut is not an absolute requirement, as the spring clamp means and theparticular and peculiar mannerin which they engage the hook of the lampand force the same into the notch of the bead and against theinner wallof the plate-like bracket will effectively hold the lamp on the bracketwithout liability of lateral displacement or danger of dropping from thecap irrespective of the angle positions assumed by the miner.

In Figures 9 and 10 I have illustrated a slight modification. The anglemember or bracket is similar to that above described, but the horizontalportion thereof has secured on its inner face hook clamping means whichcomprise two spaced comparatively small plates 19. Each of the plateshas its confronting, edge formed with an angle flange 20, the flange ofthe respective plates being directed toward each other. The

flange 20 on one of the plates is of a less length then that on theother plate, and the flange on the last mentioned plate at its inner endis slit and bent over the reduced portion of the flange of the firstmentioned plate as indicated by the numeral 21. The flanges are designedto clamp the hook thereward of the notch, and a spring catch below theopening, arched toward the cap and having a notched end disposedslightly be yond the opening, for the purpose set forth.

2. A lamp holder for caps, comprising an angle bracket having its endssecured respectively to the top and visor of a cap and having its outercorner beaded and .notched, said bracket having an opening through itsupper plate inward of the notch and an arched spring clamp membersecured to the bracket, directed downwardly below the opening toward thecap, and having a notched end disposed beyond the opening and a secondcatch member comprising a flat spring plate secured to the bracket andhaving its ends disposed over the notched end of the arched clampmember, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a lamp having a supporting hook and a projecteddouble ended clip below the hook, of a holding device for the lampdesigned to be attached to a miners cap and comprising an angle brackethaving its outer corner beaded and notched and having an opening inwardof the notch to receive the hook of the lamp therethrough, and saidbracket designed to be engaged by the ends of the hook, an inwardlyarched plate on the inner face of the bracket notched to receive thehook therein and to force the said hook into frictional engagement withthe inner wall of a notch in the beaded corner of the bracket, and tolikewise force the clip into similar engagement with the bracket, and asecond spring carried by the bracket exerting a pressure upon the hookat. a point opposite that engaged by the first mentioned hook.

'In testimony whereof I afli'x my signature.

GEORGE S. CLARK.

